The House of Pizza & Calzone was established on Union Street, in South Brooklyn, in 1952. Originally named “Simone’s”, after its owner. History has it, that the store had to be sold to pay off a gambling debt Simone had obtained with a local bookie. He would wind up selling it to the two young men who worked for him at the store, Giovanni and Onofrio. The two were immigrant friends who migrated here from a small coastal town in Italy called Mola di Bari. Once the purchase was made, they changed the name to The House of Pizza & Calzone. READ MORE